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Nov
TOP OF THE DAY by Howard Polskin
Today's Headlines From the Right
The Collapse of the Republican Party Is Trump’s Fault
source: The Federalist
The Iran war and the costs it imposed on the American people were a betrayal of what Trump ran on in 2024, and voters have just confirmed it.
It Was Trump, Stupid
source: National Review
Trump squandered his mandate to be normal, to bring back prosperity, to be more than simply not Joe Biden’s woke Democrats.
Trump’s Hubris and Failures Get Their Voter Payback
source: Washington Examiner
President Donald Trump was elected to bring down inflation and put America and Americans first. Instead, the president interpreted the mandate he won in 2024 as a license to govern capriciously, and his supporters have paid a steep price for his repeated mistakes.
Trump Diverts Blame After Massive Midterm Losses
source: Daily Signal
PreTrump blamed the candidates and the Iran War for the massive Republican losses in the midterm elections. “They didn’t like the candidates, and some of the candidates that I endorsed fought me, and they didn’t like it,” he said in a late night Fox Business interview. “This MAGA base is incredible, the most loyal base, the most loyal people, the people that built America.”
Meet the Far-Left Socialists Coming to Congress Next Year
source: Fox News
Several DSA members heading to the House of Representatives have threatened to withhold support for Hakeem Jeffries as speaker of the House
Will Dems Misread Their Victory?
source: Wall Street Journal
Americans voted to rebuke Trump, not for a repeat of Biden-era left-wing overreach.
Dems’ Blue Wave May Crash into Dead End
source: NY Post
Voters’ last memories of Democratic governance aren’t pretty ones. And even if they end up with control of both chambers of Congress come January, it’s unlikely that Democrats will be doing much governing at all.
Weirdo James Talarico Won Over Half a Million More Votes Than Kamala Did in 2024
source: The Gateway Pundit
How does a weird guy who never worked and is a far-left state senator field so many votes in a US Senate race in an off year- in Texas?
Dems Are Winning and Still at War with One Another
source: The Free Press
Victory in the midterms will hardly paper over the party’s divisions.
Blue Wave of Mutilation and the Dem Gloat Is Now Upon Us
source: Victory Girls
Get ready for drag queen story hours, free birth-control abortions and gender reassignments for kids who were allowed the privilege of birth everywhere. Morals.
Media Nominate Jon Ossoff for 2028 Presidential Election
source: NewsBusters
CNN’s live election coverage was abuzz with Osoff 2028 talk within minutes of the polls in Georgia closing. At 7:05 p.m. ET, CNN chief political analyst David Axelrod predicted: “There’s going to be a parade down to Atlanta after this to talk to Jon Ossoff...There’s going to be a lot of interest in him because of the numbers that he’s putting up here in a state that wasn’t easy.
We Lost the Battle, But the War for the Future of the American Soul Begins Now
source: RedState
If leftists think they’ve just voted for positive change and solutions to “affordability,” they’ve got another think coming. The Democrats’ answer to affordability is more taxes, and their main philosophy going forward will be lawfare, lawfare, and more lawfare.
About Last Night: The Silver Lining and the Path Forward
source: PJ Media
Democrats will waste their political capital pretty quickly by running endless investigations, and probably another impeachment or two, against President Trump. They’re already doing this.
The Biggest Winner and the Biggest Loser in the 2026 Midterm Elections
source: Fox News
The big winner in the midterms on Tuesday night was the Democratic Party. And the big loser of the 2026 midterms was President Donald J. Trump. It’s impossible not to draw that conclusion given the blowout victory the Democrats won in both the House and Senate on Tuesday.
Thoughts on the Midterm Elections
source: American Thinker
It was bad, but it could have been worse and, as always, there are lessons we can take from it.
Welcome to the Madhouse
source: Washington Free Beacon
It was a great night for Democrats. Trump's conciliatory overtures notwithstanding, their willingness to work with his administration is unlikely to extend beyond congressional subpoenas. They are just as unlikely to draw any useful lessons from their victory, which was largely driven by the same cost-of-living concerns that fueled Trump's reelection two years earlier.





